Who applies where?

• Go to the France Visa Application Centre

In line with the Consulate General of France in Shanghai, the following categories of visa applications have to be submitted to the France Visa Application Centre:

France Visa Application Centre
21st floor, Plaza 336, 336 Xizang Zhonglu, Shanghai 200040
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Short stay Schengen visa, less than 3 months:

Professional visit, included staff of accredited French companies
Tourism, individual and ADS group
Family, friends and private visit
French citizen's spouse
EU citizen's spous
Foreign child of a French citizen
Scientist
Airport transit
Studies
Scholar and cultural exchange program for under age students
Scientist spouse and child
Ascendant of French citizen or a French citizen's spouse
Ascendant of EU citizen or a EU citizen's spouse
Foreign parent of an under age French child
Marriage in France with a French citizen
Journalist
Private domestic worker
Artistic and cultural occupation
Business, handicrafts or industrial occupation
Liberal profession

Long stay Schengen visa, over 3 months

Studies
Au pair
Scientist spouse and child
Ascendant of a French citizen or a French citizen's spouse
Ascendant of a EU citizen or a EU citizen's spouse
Person who have signed a civil partnership (PACS) with a French citizen
Marriage and settle in France with a French citizen
Visit
Re-entry

The following categories of visa applicants will directly receive a convocation letter from the Consulate general of France :

Employees of a French company, OFII procedure (ex ANAEM procedure)
Family regrouping, OFII procedure (ex ANAEM procedure)

Please note: applying to the France Visa Centre is not an obligation. Applicants may also request a visa directly to the Consulate general of France, visa section, with prior appointment booked by calling the help line no 33303600 at the France Visa Centre.


• Go directly to the France Visa Center and apply without appointment:

- French Citizen’s Spouse
- Foreign Child of French Citizen


• Go directly to the Consulate General of France

I first need to schedule an appointment by calling the helping no 33303600 at the France Visa Centre and proceed directly to the France Consulate on the appointment date for submission of the application.

Employees of French Institutions and their family
Visa for adoption purpose
Long stay visa for commercial activities

I do not need an appointment

Holders of official passports, diplomatic, service or public affairs passports, seaman booklet
Please note: an ordinary passport accompanied by a verbal note is not considered as an official passport and has to be submitted at the France Visa Centre through prior appointment.
Holders of an official letter of invitation from the French Government
Holders of an official letter of invitation issued by an international organization having its headquarters in France
Persons who have presented documents proving the necessity of their travel on humanitarian grounds, including the need to receive urgent medical treatment and the person -only one- accompanying such person or to attend a funeral of a close relative -spouse, children, parents, grandparents and grandchildren- or to visit a seriously ill close relative -spouse, children, parents, grandparents and grandchildren.

The following categories of visa applicants will directly receive a convocation letter from the Consulate general of France :

Employees of a French company, ANAEM procedure
Family regrouping, ANAEM procedure

Accredited French companies

General provisions of the agreement on visa matters signed by French companies, called accredited French companies, stay unchanged except that, from now on, the visa applications have to be submitted to the France Visa Centre.

Authorized staff from those companies, holder of a VIP badge issued by the Consulate general of France, is allowed to submit visa applications to the France Visa Centre, without prior appointment, Monday to Friday, from 8.00 am to 12.00 am.

For French accredited companies which do not yet have assigned accredited staff within their companies (i.e no staff has been issued a VIP badge by the French Consulate) :

- Employees applying for a visa must show up themselves to the FVAC to submit their visa application with prior appointment scheduled through the FVAC call centre;

- Employees do have the benefit of the simplified procedure i.e only documents listed on appendix 2 of the visa agreement general provisions are required.

For any information regarding requirements and provisions of this agreement, please send an email to the France Visa Application Centre: infosha.frcn@vfshelpline.com. We will help you forward your email to the Consulate General of France in Shanghai.